my babies coming out the shell

[mikepanzarella]

i heard this was cool but after 73 days in the incubator finally saw a shell with a baby head trying to poke out now over the last few hours a few babies have came out fully and most have the heads poking
this is really something else and im glad its something i got to witness 1st hand
just waiting now too see how many hatch out
thanks for looking

 

[Matt2979]

Congrats, Mike!! Seeing those tiny babies hatching is an awesome part of breeding dragons!

 

[mikepanzarella]

I agree imember when they were laid now to see them finally come out man it's sooo cool all the time and work paying off I kinda wanna keep them all now lol but I have 3 other clutches in the incubator and no room for them when they start to get big

 

[Matt2979]

HA! Room is one thing, but ALL the crickets and/or Dubia is bigger concern for me. I've nearly quadrupled my Dubia colony in hopes of keeping up with the babies this year!

 

[mikepanzarella]

Yea that too I just ordered 7k crickets not too bad only $80 but still lol

 

[DNA Dragons]

Very cool, thanks for sharing. Baby dragons are awesome!

 

[Matt2979]

What's the substrate that you used for those eggs? Looks a lot cleaner than the vermiculite that I use.

 

[mikepanzarella]

it was repashhy superhatch incubation media
i picked up a few bags a the last long island show wanted to give it a shot because local stores i would of had to order vermiculite it worked out well but i dont think it kept most as well i had to add water 3 times in the 73-74 days but the humidity in the incubator never dropped just the top coat looked dry but yes its very clean and it doesnt stick to the babies a 2lb bag was $5 but i taked the guy into giving me 4 for $10

 

[mikepanzarella]

so far 14 of the 18 hatched out and look good waiting on the last 4 see what happens with them its alot of fun seems almost every hour or so one comes out

 

[mikepanzarella]

the baby tank

this is the set up i have to far its a 55g tank split with some basking spots added and 2 powersun 100w bulbs i think that should be fine if i can get the temps to 105-110
or should i add a 3rd powersun or a maybe a reptisun 5.0

 

[mikepanzarella]

changed it up i cleared out 2 parts of the unit i have for better humidity
using 1 powersun 100w bulb the a reptisun 5.0 bulb on the other side the part they are in should be good for a week then so i dont get nips ill spread them out a bit its 3lx2d2h also with the the top vents closed the heat will reach an easy 105-110 i just grabbed anything i could to make a nice big basking area